"Among the topics discussed by the developers at Ubuntu Developer
Summit 13.05 were the planned new features for Ubuntu 13.10. The next
version of the distribution, code-named "Saucy Salamander", could
include early versions of Ubuntu's Mir display server and have the
Qt-based Unity Next desktop environment for testing. However, the
default configuration will continue to include the graphics stack of
Ubuntu 12.10 with X11, Compiz and Unity 7. By 2014, Canonical plans to
unify the code base for Ubuntu's smartphone, tablet and PC desktops,
based on Mir and Unity Next."
-- source: http://h-online.com/-1866071
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Jolla, the Finnish company that continued Nokia's work on the MeeGo
mobile platform, announced details of its first smartphone on Monday.
Availability for the Jolla device is expected by year end and can be
pre-ordered now; the phone will be priced at no more than €399 (US
$512.26). The Jolla hardware looks similar to that of Nokia's Lumia,
with a clean, button-less front face that houses the 4.5-inch
touchcscreen. The phone will use a dual-core processor and support 4G
LTE in some regions. Internal storage tops out at 16 GB, but can be
expanded via microSD card. The phone also includes an 8 megapixel rear
camera with auto focus. The phone is also 'Android app compliant'
which, in a move similar to that of BlackBerry, can help with
available apps at launch."
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/05/20/1345232/jolla-announces-first-meeg…
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
Hi there
The next wlug meeting is next week on Monday, with the following topics:
- CrunchBang 11 - what's this: Peter Reutemann
- Ubuntu 13.04 - what's new: Ian Stewart
- Discussion: re-design of wlug.org.nz website
http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/event_calendar/view/733/meeting
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first
feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a
selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability
reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. NetBSD is a free,
fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating
system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from
large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and
embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it
excellent for use in both production and research environments, and
the source code is freely available under a business-friendly license.
NetBSD is developed and supported by a large and vibrant international
community. Many applications are readily available through pkgsrc, the
NetBSD Packages Collection."
-- source: http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/13/05/19/054239/netbsd-61-has-shipped
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
'The Linux Mint developers have announced a release candidate for
Linux Mint 15. The "most ambitious release since the start of the
project" includes a custom control centre application, a new
screensaver tool and a number of other features.'
-- source: http://h-online.com/-1864900
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Back in April, the Linux kernel developers fixed an incorrectly
declared pointer in the Linux kernel. However, it appears that they
overlooked the potential security implications of such a bug –
particularly the fact that it is possible to gain access to almost any
memory area using a suitable event_id. The developers only got into
gear and declared the bug as an official security hole (CVE-2013-2094)
after an exploit was released that proves that normal, logged-in users
can gain root access this way. "
-- source: http://h-online.com/-1863892
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Expressed shortcomings of switching to Google's Chromium open-source
web-browser is that data migration from Firefox isn't too obvious,
extensions don't migrate between browsers, Chromium isn't supported on
all architectures (e.g. PowerPC), the browser doesn't work with the
Orca screen reader and doesn't integrate well for accessibility
reasons, there is no native PDF plug-in, and Chromium is said to have
worse performance under memory pressure. There were also some concerns
expressed about differences with WebApps in Chromium. ... It looks
like the switch to Chromium will happen in the name of a better user
experience for the desktop with Chrome/Chromium now arguably
surpassing Firefox in its features and performance while pushing
Chromium as the default leads to a more consistent experience across
Ubuntu form factors from phones/tablets to the desktop."
-- source: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/05/16/2037212
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"After being in development since late last year, the Raspberry Pi
camera module is available to purchase and the software to support it
is now built into Raspbian."
-- source: http://h-online.com/-1863706
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Just a few days after the one year anniversary of the release of the
first version of OpenOffice from the Apache Foundation (Apache
OpenOffice 3.4) on 8 May 2012, the project can now boast 50 million
downloads of the open source office suite. More than 80% of these
downloads have come from Windows users, with the rest of the downloads
spread between Mac OS X and Linux. Over time, the percentage of
Windows users has slightly increased at the expense of Mac OS X, with
Linux usage hovering steady under 5%."
-- source: http://h-online.com/-1864812
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
Anybody know of a mirror for Crunchbang? They used to list one but
it's all torrents now. From time to time various kindly people have
offered mirrors, but the surviving ones I've found lately are no
longer current.
